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Another bed ready for planting!
Image Credit: Sarah Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Week Seven Recap:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Freshly wood chipped and treated with mushroom compost, our squash seedlings are prepared for another chilly week.
Image Credit: Sarah Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What an excellent day in the garden! After meeting as a group, we split our cohort between the community garden plot and the herb garden. Before splitting our workforce, we all went to take a look at our plastic-covered squash plants; the plastic held-up fairly well over the weekend, protecting the young plants from frost and keeping them warm. The community garden team focused on composting the squash seedlings, clearing another bed of weeds, and laying out wood chips in the paths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week our focus was the resiliency of the enslaved through gardening and food, with special focus on the work of Michael Twitty, The Cooking Gene<\/em>. Our discussion shifted from our chosen topic to a discussion of abortion rights. A comparison of the treatment of our planet with the treatment of women’s bodies, and the colonization of both, led us full circle back to the colonization of people’s bodies, slavery, and the garden. During this discussion I was constantly reminded of a quote by Dr. James C. Scott in his lecture “How Grains Domesticated Us”: <\/p>\n\n\n\n